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When Your Prayers Feel Like “Not Enough”: Finding Peace Beyond Scrupulosity (Marriage Unhindered)

When Your Prayers Feel Like “Not Enough”: Finding Peace Beyond Scrupulosity (Marriage Unhindered)

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Religious anxiety can hide in plain sight, and it often wears a familiar name: scrupulosity. In a conversation on Marriage Unhindered, Doug Hinderer and Dr. Beth Plachetka describe how it can show up in ordinary devotions like the rosary. For example, a person might feel haunted by the fear that it didn’t “count” because it […]
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Don’t Let the Devil Shake Your Leading (Father Simon Says)

Don’t Let the Devil Shake Your Leading (Father Simon Says)

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Temptation can be our downfall if we succumb to it. But if we reject it, we will emerge from it even stronger than before. On Father Simon Says, Fr. Richard Simon points out that we even use the word in everyday life: “tempered steel” and “tempered glass” are materials that have been tested and proven […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e2bdd4bf-d8a7-411a-aef7-b01b0107f93a/56e815e8-98af-4b1e-9bb7-b3fc00f88cac/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more
Children’s Needs Are Greater Than Adults’ Desires (Trending with Timmerie)

Children’s Needs Are Greater Than Adults’ Desires (Trending with Timmerie)

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NOTE: This article features some sensitive topics that may not be suitable for younger readers. Please use discretion. On an episode of Trending, Timmerie warned that the last decade has brought a hard lesson: when society rearranges marriage around disordered appetites, children end up carrying the consequences. Reflecting on the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in […]
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When You’re in the Back of Church with a Crying Child, Are You “Missing Mass”? (The Patrick Madrid Show)

When You’re in the Back of Church with a Crying Child, Are You “Missing Mass”? (The Patrick Madrid Show)

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Nathan from Santa Margarita, California, called The Patrick Madrid Show with a very real family question. He and his wife have four little kids aged nine, six, three, and one, and like many parents, they sometimes find themselves outside the nave during Mass, doing their best to keep the peace. Before asking his question, Nathan […]
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